Feeding device.



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. FEEDING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED I13- 17, 1 903..

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.. masses York; have i. venteda newand useful insDev e f which the following is a 10 morernaterials in certain, required relative 'il or feeding 'two "or -,rn ore materials to a com{ My finventionrelat'es to improvements in means for the feedlng and mlxmg of two or rates or proportions) "My'pbect l to. rovlde improved means r'non point or intoa common receiver in such 1'5-.relativeproportionsfas maybe desired;

'jTMy invention comprises a plurality of ro-- t'atable receptacles; each receptacle having a f ,if vertically-extendingcylinder'or envelop and Myjinvent ron may also include, inc'ombii with the above-mentioned means, 1meansfor'thoroughly mixing the material so edfandialso for conveying it to a desired fa 'platfbrrn ortablesp'aced below thelower '25 extension of said envelop, said platform or H table having a diameter exceeding that of the cylinder or envelop 'sufficient tosupport the" "material at'natural slope. Into the space between' the "envelopand platform. of each fg'orecept'acle projects an adjustable "deflector,

which is adapted to encounter the material rotated thereby. By the proper proportion- --"in'g a'ndr adjusting ofthese respective deflectors; and also by the proper regulation of-the 35': spe edf'ol rotation of the receptacles the def sired feed from each receptacle, respectively,

to any desired point may be secured. 1n -co'1'i'rb1nat 'onf'with these means I may provlde B IQCEIVQIfOI the material thusfed and a 40- srie's of inclined knives or agitators rotating therein to stir, commingle, and push forward in one direction the material fed until the same reaches a desiredpoint+for instance, the aperture of a container.

5 I accomplish my object by the mechanism parts 5 through ut the several news.

f .sTAT-Es [newline til-TRUMP, [0F sarcasm saw-ma :E E.E1DINGRDEMIOE-e Specification of Lettersgatent; i j Application filed Emil 17. 1903. SerialNoiltMGfiL fStates, residing at Sy'ra i f" ()nondaga and State of inder 1, depending upon the character of the PATENT OFFICE;

Patented 'se e. '1 1, 1906.

- In the device illustrated in the drawings 1 provide means for feeding two materials.

The two receptacles and the means for.

supporting and rotating the same are clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. .One recep-- 6o tacle is formed by cylinder or envelop 1' and the table or platform 10, spaced be w the lower edge thereof, while the other receptacle is formed of cylinder or' 'envelop 2, surrounding,the cylinder Landofthe table or platform 11, spac'ed below the lower edge thereof. These cylinders or envelops may be-provided with vertical walls, as indicated in cylin'der' 2, or with inclined walls, as indicated in cylmaterial to be contained therein and fed therefrom. The e'nvelop 1 is secured to the shaft 4 by the'radial arms 3, and the envelop 2 is supported by extensions of said arms 3 froln t-heenvelop 1. i

The table or platform and directly t'othe sl1aft4,'while the table or latform 11 surrounds and is securedto the ower extension of enveloplL; It will-thus be? obvious that the two concentric envelops and two'tables or platforms will all rotate about a common axis with the shaft 4. This shaft 4 is suitably stepped at 5 and supported at its upperextension in the sleeve 6 and is rotated by the beveled gears 7 and 8, driven by the Wheel 9 from any suitable source of power. The chute 14 is stationary-anddelivers into the top of envelop 1, while "chute 15 similarly delivers into envelop 2.' As (11% chutes deliver material to the receptacles while the same are rotating, it follows that the sup ly to said receptacles is evenly dis tribute in the same. v Over the tables 10 and '11 in the space heneath'the lower extensions of the envelo )s, 1 5

and 2 project the knives or deflectors 12. and

-13. These deflectors are suitably mounted upon the post 17 and are rotatable thereon for purposes of adjustment with respect to the angle between said deflector and the ru- 10o dius of the receptacle or the distance between the end of said deflector and the axis of said receptacle. Upon these conditions'will depend the amount of material encountered and deflected 'or diverted by said deflectors a with each rotation of the receptacles. 1 The means for maintaining the deflectors in the" required positions of adjustment are as follows:

Deflector 12 is secured to sleeve 16, which is securedrigidly through the aperture of arm 18 and 'anv of.

has a. rotatable movement on the post 17. l 1.The arm 18 is also secured to the sleeve '16 5 and is adapted to sweep the arc member 19 l and to be secured thereto in any desired posit1on by means-of the engagement of-pin- 2O the apertures 21 of member 19. The-post 17 .'-able stationary support; .The' desired ad-1 andthe member l -are secured to amsuitus'tme'nt of deflector 13, which} is fcarried y member 28, connected with a, sleeveon said-post- 17, is secured by the-engagement of the clamp-screw'22, projecting from'arm 18 and operating in'slot 23 .of'membe'r' 28-. It will thus be seen that ,the arm '18 of deflector 1 12is adjustably secured to the stationary arc -19, while member 28 of deflector 13 is adjustably secured to said arm 18 "by the clamp- 5' 1.' rovided with a shaft 26, having a series of lades; 25, which are all inclined in ,the samedirection, -so that when the shaft is rotated screw; 22,'projecting from said arm. 18 into 20.

slot 23.

The receiver 24 I have sh'o'wnin the form of a trough or along narrow box, one end of which is 0 'en beneath the receptacles-at .ap-'.

proximate y the 'point where the materialsare deflected therefrom. This receiver 24 is the blades serve not only to agitatethe material and keep it stirred asthe same falls'in the receiver 24,.but'alsoto cause-the material to move alon% in .the direction of the arrow shown in g. 2 toward the aperture ofa container or chute 27..

Theopera'tion of my device is asi ollowsz The 'rece tacles which are formed by: envelo lland'tab e 10 and envelop 2,which surroun s the envelop 1, and byta rotate .at anydesired speed. The d fferent -materials are then sent from suitable sources of supply through the stationary chutes 14' and'15' into the tops of envelops 1 and 2; The 1 deflectors 12 and 13 are suitably adjusted to encounter and sweep or divert from the tables 10 and 11 the under portion of the mass of material contained and rotatedby each .re-

cepta'cle. By the"respective adiustment of each deflector the exact amount required of each material, respectively, willthus be delivered to'the receiver 24, resulting in the mixing of said materials in the exact. proportime required. It is obvious that any, numle 11 are started tober of receptacles can thus be operated to:-

gether, and consequently any number of materials nnxed 1nthe exact desired relative roportions by what maybe termed a contmum process. 'The capacit of the re ceptac les. are such with respect to the proportively, as toenablesaid receptacles to contam such preponderating masses of material over the amount deflect-ed, at each rotation 'tions and positionsof the deflectors,'respec-..

' thereof as to permit of considerable variation. in the. supply of material to the .receptacles without affecting-the accuracy otthe feed.

. It. i's-obviousfrom the arrangement shown e supply becomes .lowin either of ,said receptacles.- 7o

terials, the combination of apl'urality of re'- ceptacles.havinga'commonaxis of rotation,

each receptacle comprising a cvlinder and a' table spaced below t e lower edge of the cyli'n'der,'said tablehaving' 'a ian'ieter exceeding" that of the cylinder sufficient to support the material at natural slope, and means for deg fleeting materialfroin beneath each cylinder; J 2. Inafeeding devicej -the combination of a plur'alitvof rotatable receptaclesfor material,. each receptacle comprising a cylinder.

and a table spacedbeneath its lower 'ed%e, 's'a'id cylinders beinga'rranged concentrica 1 and each 'table having a diameter exceeding support the-material at natural slope, and

means for defie'cting'material from beneath the lower extension'oi each cylinder.

1 3, in a feeding .device for a plurality: at

materials, the combination of a rotatable shaft, a plurality of rotatable receptacles,. supported by said shaft, each receptacle com a prising a cylinder and a table spaced below the lower edge-of the cylinder, said table having a diameter exceeding thatof the cyl- .inder suflic ent' to support the material at natural slope, and means for deflecting mater i-al from beneah eacthcylinder.

. "EDWARD TRUMP. W'itnesses:

i H. C. EHLE,

ED. F. HUGHES.

that of itsfr'espective cylinder sufficient to- 

